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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Thursday, June 4, 1959
12-Down : Defraud.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
The same clue, [Smooth-talking.], was erroneously printed for both 6-Across (GLIB) and 6-Down (GRATE). Changed the GRATE clue to [Fireplace.], which was a common GRATE clue in the Farrar era.
1 S | 2 U | 3 M | 4 P | 5 S | 6 G | 7 L | 8 I | 9 B | 10 R | 11 A | 12 M | 13 S |
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14 T | R | E | A | T | 15 R | E | N | O | 16 E | T | U | I |
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17 A | G | A | T | E | 18 A | C | T | S | 19 C | O | L | D |
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20 T | E | L | E | P | 21 A | T | H | I | C | 22 O | N | C | E |
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23 P | I | E | 24 M | A | 25 G | N | E | T | S |
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26 M | 27 E | 28 T | 29 I | E | R | 30 M | A | G | I | C | ||||
31 A | R | U | N | 32 S | 33 T | A | T | E | L | I | 34 N | 35 E | 36 S |
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37 L | O | A | D | 38 S | 39 O | N | E | 40 L | L | A | M | A |
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41 L | O | N | E | L | 42 I | N | E | S | 43 S | 44 E | V | I | L |
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45 B | U | R | G | S | 46 L | 47 O | S | E | R | S |
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48 C | 49 H | 50 A | T | E | A | U | 51 T | O | T | |||||
52 H | E | L | M | 53 T | E | 54 L | E | P | H | 55 O | 56 N | 57 I | 58 C |
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59 A | L | T | E | 60 E | T | A | L | 61 E | R | I | C | A |
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62 P | L | A | N | 63 L | I | M | A | 64 R | A | C | E | R |
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65 S | O | R | T | 66 Y | E | A | R | 67 S | N | E | L | L |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,611
Across
1
Mine drainage pits. : SUMPS
6
Smooth-talking. : GLIB
10
Sheep. : RAMS
14
Rare delight. : TREAT
15
City near Lake Tahoe. : RENO
16
Needle case. : ETUI
17
Kitchen pot finish. : AGATE
18
Functions. : ACTS
19
Indifferent. : COLD
20
More than psychic. : TELEPATHIC
22
Whenever. : ONCE
23
Pizza. : PIE
24
Great attractions. : MAGNETS
26
Profession. : METIER
30
Mysterious power. : MAGIC
31
___ for one's money. : ARUN
32
Internal boundaries. : STATELINES
37
Great amount: Colloq. : LOADS
39
Unified. : ONE
40
Alpaca. : LLAMA
41
Inducer of the blues. : LONELINESS
44
"Be not overcome of ___ ... " : EVIL
45
Towns: Colloq. : BURGS
46
Hard-luck players. : LOSERS
48
French feudal castle. : CHATEAU
51
Playpen prisoner. : TOT
52
Tiller. : HELM
53
Long-distance, for instance. : TELEPHONIC
59
Der ___, Adenauer's nickname. : ALTE
60
And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
61
Violinist Morini. : ERICA
62
Method. : PLAN
63
Tasty bean. : LIMA
64
Sport car. : RACER
65
Character. : SORT
66
Four seasons. : YEAR
67
Fishline leader. : SNELL
Down
1
Photo copy. : STAT
2
Impulse. : URGE
3
Ground grain. : MEAL
4
Head. : PATE
5
Extensive, treeless plain. : STEPPE
6
Fireplace. : GRATE
7
River in the Tirol. : LECH
8
Cronies. : INTIMATES
9
Woods. : BOSCAGE
10
Settles differences. : RECONCILES
11
Make amends. : ATONE
12
Defraud. : MULCT
13
Flanks. : SIDES
21
Makes known. : AIRS
25
Quarter pint. : GILL
26
Esplanade. : MALL
27
Humorous slang suffix. : EROO
28
Oriental title. : TUAN
29
Obligation. : INDEBTMENT
30
Fine heads of hair. : MANES
33
Reduce to silence. : TONGUETIE
34
Hub. : NAVE
35
Desert prince. : EMIR
36
Salts, in pharmacy. : SALS
38
Swing around a pivot. : SLUE
42
In a choleric way. : IRATELY
43
Spill over. : SLOP
47
Not us. : OTHERS
48
Cowboy pants addenda. : CHAPS
49
"___, Young Lovers." : HELLO
50
End of a bridal path. : ALTAR
51
Pertaining to anatomical tissue. : TELAR
54
Tibetan monk. : LAMA
55
Mediterranean port founded in 10th cent. : ORAN
56
Well-mannered. : NICE
57
Island republic: Abbr. : ICEL
58
Sen. Curtis of Nebraska. : CARL
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.
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